{"id":2003,"date":"2024-03-18T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/listen-to-me-talking-to-jean-shepherd-in-1976-i-was-18-years-old\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:01:42","slug":"listen-to-me-talking-to-jean-shepherd-in-1976-i-was-18-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/listen-to-me-talking-to-jean-shepherd-in-1976-i-was-18-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to me talking to Jean Shepherd in 1976. I was 18 years-old."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Wow, here is a blast from the past. I recently read a good article about Shepherd by A. David Wunsch in the Spring 2022 issue of the AWA Journal. David correctly focused on Shep’s obsession with the Heising modulator, and the very negative impact (“Your mother should take you to a doctor!”) that this had on his dating life. <\/b><\/div>\n

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I was telling my wife about this article, and I commented that I had once spoken to Shep during an early morning call-in show on WMCA New York. I told her that someone had sent me a recording of this brief conversation. <\/b><\/div>\n

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The call took place in 1976. Shep was appaearing as a guest on the late-night radio show of Long John Nebel and Candy Jones. I was 18 years old. My callsign was WB2QHL. The recording was sent to me by Matt KC8COM in 2006. Thanks Matt! In 2008 I played the recording during SolderSmoke Podcast #90. But I think this call merits a post on the SoldedSmoke blog, so here it is. You can jump forward to about 3 minutes, 49 seconds. <\/b><\/div>\n

http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/JeanShepherd1976WMCA.mp3<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

One side note. I told my wife that some time after the broadcast, I was once again up early in the morning, kind of absent-mindedly getting ready for work when I heard Shepherd talking on WMCA to some guy about ham radio. It took me a moment to realize that this was a re-run, and that that guy was me! <\/b><\/p>\n

When I first listened to this I didn’t realize that later in the recording (around 9:30) another fellow calls in an asks Shep about why he uses CW. Shep is kind of short with him and ends up advising him to “go back to CB.” I should note that in my conversation with Shep earlier in the program, I told him that I was usually on “40 sideband.” He was nice to me, but said that he was mostly on 20 CW. <\/b><\/p>\n


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Here is a good Wikipedia article on Long John Nebel: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_John_Nebel<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

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And here’s one on his wife and WMCA co-host Candy Jones: <\/b><\/div>\n
https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candy_Jones<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n
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